report: Tinka Fleischer

1. British Native Pony Show in Northern Germany

On may 3. and 4. the Reitsportzentrum Hemmoor, home of the Conkertree Fell pony stud , located in the north of lower saxony in Germany, hosted a british native pony show.

Although they are still relatively rare in Germany all native breeds except for the Dales- and Exmoor pony were being shown.

Most contestants were from Germany of course, but we also had entries from Denmark and Poland.

Judge Peter Boustead came over from the UK to judge the classes according to british rules.

Saturday, under a marvelous blue sky, startet with the inhand classes. The Shetland ponys who had the highest number of enties were judged sepetately, the others were in gender- and agespecific classes.

The day ended with a barbeque in the heated tent, live music and a lot of interesting and inspiring conversations.

On sunday the ridden and driven classes were being held. Between others we had showhunter, fancy dress and family pony competitions.

At the end of the day the champion and reserve champion were announced. They proundly received their prices from the mayor.

Both the contestants and judge Peter Boustead praised the good organisation and the friendly and relaxed atmosphere of the show.

Here are the show results:

Inhand 1 - 3 years: 1. Leybucht's Caruso, Welsh Pony Sec.A, Stephan und Enno Siemers

2. Goodshapes Inferno, Fell Pony, Thomasz Skrobanski

3. Conkertree Atomic, Fell Pony, Regina Kramer

Inhand 1 - 3 years Shetland Ponys:

1. Giersbergs Jubilee, Hinrich Hashagen

2. Tonya von der Lohmühle, Malina Fiebig

3. Schalenburgs Delilah, Martina Kessen

Inhand mares: 1. Murthwaite Snowdrop, Fell Pony, Jeanette Kunz

2. Cethin Lady Marian, Welsh Cob, Sabine Nagel

3. Blomberg Silberpfeil, Fell Pony, Sabine und Wolfgang Bauer

Inhand mares Shetland Ponys:

1. Pocahontas, Alison Steele

2. Ilca, Claudia Feigel - Kipp

3. Giersbergs Fable, Hinrich Hashagen

Inhand stallions: 1. Tower Glenkinchie, Highland Pony, Anne Schulte - Suedhoff

2. Bryseion Cadivor, Welsh Pony Sec.A, Stephan und Enno Siemers

3. AC - Samson af Engvang, Connemara Pony, May und Holger Reimann

Inhand stallions Shetland Pony:

1. Yelmer v. Bunswaard, Hashagen Hinrich

2. Baron af Shetlane, Hashagen Hinrich

3. Imilio, Feigel - Kipp , Claudia

Inhand geldings: 1. Bugs Bunny, Welsh Pony Sec.B, Anna und Marie Schulte - Suedhoff

2. Vernons Overlord, New Forrest Pony, Meike Hinrichsen

3. Freddy, Highland Pony, Ute Grotheer

ridden stallions: 1. Tower Glenkinchie, Highland Pony, Anne Schulte - Suedhoff

2. Lathomdale Romany, Fell Pony, Wiebke Tiedemann

3. AC - Samson af Engvang, Connemara Pony, May und Holger Reimann

ridden mares: 1. Dalefoot Echo, Fell Pony, Aylin Kay

2. Eilidh of Mendick, Anne Schulte - Suedhoff

3. Cindy, Connemara Pony, Sandra Hirschmann

ridden geldings: 1. Vernons Overlord, New Forrest Pony, Meike Hinrichsen

2. Bugs Bunny, Welsh Pony Sec.B, Marie Schulte - Suedhoff

3. Len of Menoah, Hughland Pony, Lea Nehring

Fancy Dress: 1. Nepomuk, Shetland Pony, Kesseler, Nike

2. Rosalie, Gypsy Cob, Henriette Richters

3. Cindy, Connemara Pony, Carolin Reuels

Showhunter: 1. Vernons Overlord, New Forrest Pony, Meike Hinrichsen

2. Lathomdale Romany, Fell Pony, Wiebke Tiedemann

3. Cindy, Connemara Pony, Sandra Hirschmann

Familypony: 1. Rosalie, Gypsy Cob, Behe v. d. Reith

2. Eilidh of Mendick, Highland Pony, Anna Schulte - Suedhoff

3. Cindy, Connemara Pony, Sinja Kühlmann

driven: 1. Avalon's Rosebud, Avalon's Lason, Dartmoor Pony, Susanne Oelkers

2. Dalefoot Echo, Fell Pony, Aylin Kay

Champion: Murthwaite Snowdrop, Jeanette Kunz, Denmark

Reserve Champion: Yelmer v. Bunswaard, Hinrich Hashagen, Germany

We are already beginning to plan the show in early may of 2015. We will add classes for Gypsy Cobs, both inhand and ridden, young rider and handler classes and a best turnout award.

We also plan to have a marketsquare with booths representing the various breeds, sales boothes and a riders fleemarket.

If you are interested and want to keep up with the planing, just send a short note to: Equi-logics@t-online.de.

We will put you on our mail list and you will get all information first hand. We had a blast last weekend and are already looking forward to the

2. British Native Pony Show in Northern Germany